Vehicle-frame.



No. 850,073. PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907.

0. STOLP.

VEHICLE FRAME. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1906.

flllllilllll W/ TNE SSE S A TTORNEXS OSCAR s'roLr, OENEW YORK, N. Y.

' VEHICLE-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed June 29,1906. Serial No. 324,019.

1'0 11 w/w m, it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ()seAa S'roLP, a citizen 1 f the United States, and a resident of the provemen t.

city of New .York, borough of Brooklyn,

county of Kings, and ,State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Vehicle- Frame; of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

This. invention is an in'iprovement in frames for vehicles, especially of the automobile type, and has among other objects the production of a s )ring arrangement in the frame whereby litt e shock or vibration is experienced in passing over rough roads and other uneven surfaces.

This arrangement is e'll'eeted by mounting the axletrees on elqualizing-levers which are in engagement with springs at two points of their length in a novel made apparent.

Reference is'to he had to the aecom panying 'dra\ \'mgs, lorminga partoi this )ecification,

in which similar characters of re erence indicate-tmrresponding parts in all the figures.

Figured is a side elevation, partly in section, of a vehicle-frame embodying my im- Fig. 2 a modification of a rear portion of the frame, and Fig. 3 is a central 'sectional view of amodi'lied term of bracket for sustaining one end of the lovers.

Referring to the drawing figures, the numeral 1 indicates the bottom or bed of a vehicle oi anydesired conformation orconstruction,'hav ing at each side downwardly-curved arms 2, pivotally connected to the rear apices of elliptical springs 3,said arms forming a continuation at the rear top sides ol said springs, only three-quarters of each spring being employed. The top of each spring 3 is connected at its center to the bed 1 by providing the bed with brackets 1, extending at each side, and clampirig-plates 5, holding the springs at this point securely in place by reason of bolts ti, passingthrough them. The bottom members of the springs 23 are likewiseclaniped at theircent ral port ion toequalizing-levers 7, each et ualizingdever being provided at each side near its rearend with brackets 1", similar to the brackets 4, but pivotally connected therewith by pins or bolts 4'. llates 5,.passing over the to of the springs directly opposed to thebrac tets 4", are clamped thereto by bolts ti, passing through the plates and brackets at each side manner hereinafter of the springs. To the outer ends of the equalizing-levers 7 a rear axletree S is connected. This is preferablyaccomplishedby providing two U-bolts 9,

end of thelevers and passing through. clampirw-plates 10, arranged at the bottom of the ax etree. At the opposite side of the bolts 4* of the levers 7 the lovers are tapered and doublycurved to carry them nearer the bed 1. These ends of the levers lall slightly short of the center of the frame and are designed to work in uitling-brackets l, rigidly suspended from t 1e bed I, and contain coil springs 13am] 14, respectively positioned between the top laces ollthe brackets and top laces of the levers and between the bottom 'ofthe levers and the bottom of the brackets.

]t is a iparenti'rom thisconstruction that when t to rear wheels of the vehicle strike an obstruction or irregular surface the equalizing-levers press the elliptical springs it slightly upward and at the same time turn on their pi vots 4", forcing their outer ends downward, thereby distributing the shock or vibration between these two points in opposite directions, which operate to an extent ol'neutralizing each other.

The l'ront portion of the vehicle-frame comprises elliptical springs 15, arranged at each side of the bed i and secured thereto by brackets lti, fastened to the bed, cooperating with plates 17, which through the action of bolts is securely clamp the. springs at the center of their upper members' The bottoln members ol the springs 15 are secured at their centersto cqualizing-levers It) by connecting to the forward ends of said levers brackets lti,pivotally mounted on pins or straddling the rear bolts 20. Clam]iing-plates 17" at the opposite side of the. lower spring members act to securely fix them'to the brackets lti when the bolts 18" passmg through them are lit tight- 'ened relation. -A short distance rearward ol' the iv.otpin 20 a front axletreell is fixed to the equalizingdevers It) by means ol' loopbolts 22 and clamping-plates 233, as shown. The equalizing levers ltl are from this point extcndcd rearvt-"ard, where they are tapered and curved to pass near the bed 1 ol' the vehicle. and within a short distance oi the 'l'orward ends of the lovers 7. (iuiding-brackets 24, rigidly secured to and depending from the under face of the bed I, embrace the lovers 1!) at each side and act to guidethem in their oscillating movement. .QoiLsprings 25, inserted between the top face of the brackets and the top face of the levers, ab-

the vehicle.

sorb such shock or vibratory action as inightbe-brought to bear on the equalizinglevers 19 at their rear ends. Buffers 26, of rubber or other elastic material, are seated in the bottom of the brackets 24 and act to limit these levers in their downward movement. r

l/Vhen the wheels of the vehicle carried by the front axletree 21 pass over a rough road or the like, it is evident that the shock transmitted to the equalizing-levers 19 through them is divided between the elliptical springs 15 and spiralsprings 25, arranged at diflerent points on the bed 1, thereby materially lessening its effect. I

In Fig. ,2 is shown a modified form of spring arrangement for the rear portion of The construction is identical in respect to, the showing in Fig. 1 so far as the elliptical springs 3'and the rear portion of the equalizingdevers are concerned, but differs in that the members of the equalizing-levers forward of the pivot-pins 4 are slightly eurveddownward and connectedwith the forward apices ofthe springs 3 by means of spiral springs 13*. This construction accoinplishes substantially thesame result, but it is done in, a way to dispense with the brackets 11 and might be found to be preferable in some constructions for this reason.

Fig. 3 discloses a modified form of bracket, which in some instances will be found preferable to substitute for the brackets 11 and 24. In this construction the brackets are to be pivotally connected to thebed of the vehicle at the point 27 and are of tubular formation with a cut-out portion 28 at their lower ends, through which the forward portion of the equalizing-levers 7 are to extend These are each connected .by a single spiral spring 29, embracing them and secured to some point thereabove, preferably by passing the end of the spring through an aperture in the upper end of the bracket and bending it about the pivotal connection 27, as illustrated.

AlthoughI have described. the invention in detail, it is evident that various immaterial changes may be made without departing from the spirit thereof, and Iconsider that I am entitled to such modifications as fall .within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a vehicle-frame, a bed, arr-ellipticalspring in fixed relation to the rear end thereof, an equalizing-lever ivotally connected to' the lower member 0 said spring, a rear axletree secured to the rear end of sa d lever, and a spring for supporting the lever at its opposite and forward end. 7

2. In avehicle-frame', a bed having a downwardly-turned arm at the rear end thereof, an elliptical spring secured to the bediand 'to the arm, said spring being cut out adjacent to saidarm, an equalizing-lever pivotally con- 1 nected to the lower member of said spring, an axletree in fixed relation to one side ofsaid lever, and a spring for supporting it at its opposite side.

3. In a vehicle-frame, a bed, an elliptical spring in fixed relation thereto at the forward end of the bed, an equalizing-lever pivotally connected to the spring, an independent spring for sustaining the opposite end of the lever, and an axletree fixed to the lever between its pivotal connection and said last-named spring. r

.4. In a vehicle-frame, a bed, a spring in fixed relation thereto, an equalizing-lever pivotally connected to the spring, guiding means carried by the bed for theopposite end [of the lever, a spring carried by said'guiding means between the bed and lever, and a buffer carried by the guiding means at the opposite side of the lever.

5. In a vehicle-frame', a spring in fixed relation at opposite ends thereof, equalizing levers pivotally connected to each spring, springs for sustaining theadjacent ends of the lovers, and axletrees fixed to the levers at the rear of their pivotal connection.

.In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR sToLP.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM II. SHEPPARD, If. M.;AMEs. 

